TRENTON, N.J. A name can be as heavy as an anchor. It can hang around a neck and weigh a person down with the burden of expectations.

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats roster is filled with names that baseball fans easily recognize. Guerrero. Bichette. Biggio. Gurriel. Throw in a few former first-round picks and some under-the-radar talent, and New Hampshire, the Blue Jays Double-A affiliate, is one of the most loaded teams in the minor leagues.

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette are at the center of it all. And if things go as planned, theyll be at the center of the Morgan Burnett Jersey Jays efforts for years to come. Their early season has come under a microscope now that the greater baseball world is aware of just how special they are. In fact,the organization has limited their media availability as writersdescend upon Fisher Cats games to see whether thehype is real.

The hype is very much real. And interviews with the players aren't nece sary to see how special they are.

Bo Bichette slams his bat down on the plate. Hes popped up a center-cut pitch that he could have driven to the gra s, or all the way over the gra s, if the brisk Trenton air would have permitted it. Big leaguers pop up fat pitches, but they dont do it very often. Those balls need to be crushed. Thats how games are won.

This isn't during a game. This isbatting practice, before the Wednesday finale of a three-game set against the Trenton Thunder. Bichette demands greatne s of himself even here.

But it shouldnt be taken as a sign that Bichette is a stern and serious player. Quite the contrary. When Bichette isn'tventing over a bad swing in batting practice, he bounds around the cage and the dugout. He's expre sive and gregarious, not afraid of cracking a joke to Fisher Cats manager John Schneider as Schneider is interviewed.

He loves coming to the park every day and hes a fierce competitor, Schneider says of the young middle infielder. He Jarvis Landry Jersey almost demands perfection out of himself, and thats something that were trying to work on, to have him take it easy on himself a little bit. But hes a great worker, and just loves coming to the field and playing hard every day.

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Bichette is the sort of player who plays like his long mane of dark hair is on fire, and his exuberance will endear him to the fans in Toronto. Between that, his long swing and his considerable power, Bichette could turn into a Javier Baez-type, perhaps with a higherbatting average.

Thats a different sort of player than his father Dante. But Bo could be a threat to make the All-Star Game like his father did, and could be a lightning rod in the Toronto batting order for years to come.

And hes not even close to being the best player on the team.

Its impo sible to mi s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Hes not quite as tall as one would expect given his already Paul Bunyan-esque reputation, but hes enormous for a 19-year-old. Hes incredibly strong, his lower half thick and built. Its a body that one day may force him to move off third base. Hes not bad there now, given his ability JC Tretter Jersey to come in on the ball and his howitzer of an arm, but as he matureshe may need to move acro s the diamond.

He has the bat to support playing first base. He has the bat to play anywhere.

The burden of sharing his fathers name has not slowed Guerrerofor a second. If anything, hes living up to it. There may not be a better hitter in the minor leagues than Guerrero. His feel for contact is freakish for any player. Its terrifying for one just past his 19th birthday. Add in his enormous natural power and excellent feel for the zone, and Guerrero is nearly the platonic ideal of a middle-of-the-order wrecking ball.

One doesnt need to be a long-in-the-tooth scout to see how special Guerrero is. Trevon Coley Jersey Watching even just one or two of his games is enough.

On this night in Trenton, the name Vladimir Guerrero Jr. rings out over the stadiums speakers. Everyone at the parktunes in to the plate a little more. Some of them are there to see him more than they are to see the Yankees Double-A squad. Theyre braving the bitter cold and the wind off the Delaware River to see the youngest player in the Eastern League dominate.

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Its the fourth inning, and Guerrero is facing Thunder starter Domingo Acevedo. Acevedo is a good prospect in his own right, a hard-throwing right-hander with a good shot to play in the bigs some day. Vlad hits a laser the other way into the opposite-field gap. Theres no way to describe his swing but gorgeous. The cliche of the ball sounding different off the bat comes alive before the fans eyes. It does sound different off Guerreros bat.

Oh. Thatll do just fine in the big leagues.

There are some prospects who dont require repeated viewings to show that theyre the real deal. Some of them make themselves stand out immediately. Guerrero is one of them. If it wasnt the ringing double, it was his homer to dead center off the batters eye.

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Guerrero probably wont be on the team when the Fisher Cats return to Trenton in June, as long as there arent any bumps in the road. Hell be with Triple-A Buffalo, or, perhaps, in Toronto. Hes talented enough to surface this year. Its simply a matter of staying ahead of the pitchers who are trying and failing to solve the puzzle of his swing, and whetherthe Blue Jays are competing deep into the summer. If they are, he could be Chad Thomas Jersey wowing not just Double-A, but the world.

Of course, theres much more to the Fisher Cats than Bichette and Guerrero. Lourdes Gurriel hits behind the two of them in the batting order. Hes the brother of Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel. Signed for $22 million after defecting from Cuba, Gurriel wasnt overly impre sive in his first year in affiliated ball. This year is different.

I think last year was a real adjustment year for him in terms of culture, coming over from Cuba, Schneider says. Getting his feet underneath him, just playing profe sional baseball here and hes done a great job in the offseason, coming in to Spring Training. He had a great camp in the big league camp. Eric Murray Jersey Hes made huge strides offensively and defensively.

This could be a big year for Gurriel. Some evaluators considered him to be more talented than his brother when they were playing overseas, and hes still just 24 years old.

Theres another legacy player here too. Cavan Biggio, son of Astros star and Hall of Famer Craig Biggio, is an infielder for the team. Cavan struggled at High-A Dunedin last year, and is off to a slow start again. It wasnt just his name that got him taken in the fifth round o